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'''H.M.S. ''Ambuscade''''' was a [[Yarrow]]-built prototype destroyer built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the mid 1920s.  She and [[Thornycroft]]'s [[H.M.S. Amazon (1926)|''Amazon'']] helped determine the design factors that would inform more significant post-war construction, culminating in the [["A" and "B" Class Destroyer (1929)|"A" and "B" Class Destroyer]]s of 1929-30.
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'''H.M.S. ''Ambuscade''''' was a [[Yarrow & Company]]-built prototype destroyer built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the mid 1920s.  She and [[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]'s [[H.M.S. Amazon (1926)|''Amazon'']] helped determine the design factors that would inform more significant post-war construction, culminating in the [["A" and "B" Class Destroyer (1929)|"A" and "B" Class Destroyer]]s of 1929-30.
  
 
There was an earlier [[H.M.S. Ambuscade (1913)|''Ambuscade'' launched in 1913]].
 
There was an earlier [[H.M.S. Ambuscade (1913)|''Ambuscade'' launched in 1913]].
  
 
==Construction and Service==
 
==Construction and Service==
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''Ambuscade'' was commissioned at The Nore on 19 April, 1927 under Commander [[Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay]].
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''Ambuscade'' was commissioned at The Nore on 19 April, 1927 under Commander [[Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay]].{{NLJul27|p. 215}}
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She re-commissioned at Chatham on 16 October 1928 for service with the {{UK-DF|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 215}}
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''Ambuscade'' commissioned at Chatham on 22 June, 1932 under the command of [[William Gronow Davis]].{{NLJan33|p. 215}}
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She was re-commissioned on 31 August, 1933.{{NLJul37|p. 214}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay|nick=Ambrose T. N. Abbay|appt=17 June, 1926<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 215}}|end=12 September, 1928<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay|nick=Ambrose T. N. Abbay|appt=17 June, 1926<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 215}}|end=12 September, 1928<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt=12 September, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 215}}|end=September, 1929}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Bernard Drew|nick=Thomas B. Drew|appt=3 August, 1929|end=March, 1930}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wittewronge Clayton|nick=John W. Clayton|appt=c. March, 1930<ref>Took command upon transfer to {{UK-DF|4}}</ref>|end=26 August, 1930}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower|nick=Ion B. B. Tower|appt=25 August, 1930|end=December, 1930}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Gronow Davis|nick=William G. Davis|appt=8 April, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 215}}|end=}}
 
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Revision as of 16:39, 6 April 2018

H.M.S. Ambuscade (1926)
Pendant Number: D38
Builder: Yarrow & Company
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1924
Launched: 15 Jan, 1926[1]
Completed: 1926[2]
Commissioned: 19 Apr, 1927[3]
Sold: Nov, 1946

H.M.S. Ambuscade was a Yarrow & Company-built prototype destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid 1920s. She and John I. Thornycroft & Company's Amazon helped determine the design factors that would inform more significant post-war construction, culminating in the "A" and "B" Class Destroyers of 1929-30.

There was an earlier Ambuscade launched in 1913.

Construction and Service

Ambuscade was commissioned at The Nore on 19 April, 1927 under Commander Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay.[4]

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 16 October 1928 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[5]

Ambuscade commissioned at Chatham on 22 June, 1932 under the command of William Gronow Davis.[6]

She was re-commissioned on 31 August, 1933.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
  8. ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
  10. ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
  12. ↑ Took command upon transfer to Fourth Destroyer Flotilla
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.

Bibliography


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